obliviateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Late 14th century, "state or fact of forgetting," from Old French oblivion (13th century) and directly from Latin oblīviōnem (“forgetfulness; a being forgotten”), from oblīvīscī (“forget”), originally "even out, smooth over, efface," from ob- (“over”) + root of lēvis (“smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *lei-w-, from root *(s)lei- (“slime, slimy, sticky”) (see slime (noun)). Meaning "state of being forgotten" is early 15th century.

動詞

obliviate (三人称単数 現在形 obliviates, 現在分詞 obliviating, 過去形および過去分詞形 obliviated)

1. (transitive) To forget; to wipe from existence.
   • 1811, George Grennell

     Time has not yet obliviated the veneration of our jacobins for France, while she was seething with faction and blood […]

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